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Topic: Apps

Windows Invests $24 Million in Apps Trying to stay afloat in the smartphone community

“There’s an app for that” now not only surmises Apple's current dominance on the mobile market, but also can be used to describe Google’s Android smartphone marketplace.  But for Nokia and…

March 26 2012

Dems Launch Privacy Probe of Social Networking Apps Facebook, Twitter, Apple among those scrutinized

Address-gate is just getting started in Washington. Two leading Democrats launched an inquiry Thursday into the data collection practices of social apps for Apple devices, a big privacy issue that…

March 22 2012

Information Diet: Dominik García-Lorido The 'Magic City' star has severed ties to Twitter and Facebook

Specs Age 28 Accomplishments  Star as Mercedes Lazaro in the TV series Magic City, set in 1950's Miami (premieres April 6 on Starz); has appeared alongside her father, actor Andy Garcia, in films…

March 16 2012

California Requires Mobile Apps to Tighten Privacy Rules Tech companies must disclose app policies before download

Rather than wait for Congress or federal regulators to act on mobile app privacy, the state of California Wednesday announced a deal with six major mobile app platforms to bring…

February 23 2012

FTC Gives Kids Mobile Apps Failing Grade FTC to Step Up Kids Privacy Enforcement

A new report from the Federal Trade Commission found that mobile apps for kids get failing grades when it comes to protecting their privacy.  In a survey of the thousands of…

February 16 2012

Address Book Privacy Flap Hits D.C. Lawmakers want answers from Apple

It was only a matter of time before Congress got wind of reports that certain apps have been collecting consumers' address books without their consent. While the social networking app…

February 15 2012

Recent Downloads Whether for smartphones or tablets, Android or Apple, some of our favorite mobile apps (at least since we last checked the App Store)

LauncherPro If smartphones really were such personal devices, their user interfaces wouldn’t be so homogeneous. Here, users take ownership of their Androids with customizable widgets and a 3-D app drawer. Flipboard Already a longtime…

February 15 2012

An App for That For all the talk about games and social, the utilities most users can't live without are weather related

People use their phones to entertain themselves and stay connected, but most of all, they put them to practical use. According to Forrester Research, weather-related apps were downloaded by 51…

February 10 2012

App.net Makes Facebook Pages More Mobile Friendly With new startup, imeem founder aims to simplify mobile marketing

More and more companies are relying on Facebook Pages to connect with their fans, but App.net CEO Dalton Caldwell says there's something missing: A simple way to connect those Pages…

December 14 2011

Survey Points to App Marketing Flaws 'Incentivized downloads' don't lead to loyal users

A popular tactic for promoting smartphone apps may not actually be paying off, according to a new survey commissioned by mobile ad startup Pontiflex. The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, covered…

December 13 2011

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